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U.S. v. AHUMEDO-AVENDANO

No. 87-5742.

872 F.2d 367 (1989)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Terencio AHUMEDO-AVENDANO, Wynford Taylor-Walton, Henner Saktarriago Holgin, Emiro Jose Cueto-Gazabon, Gustavo Garcia-Patron, Alvaro Posada-Naves, Gabriel Mena Chaverra, Federico Segundo Cantillo-Obispo, Eduardo Flores Dominguez, Luis Vicente Suarez-De Armas, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

May 3, 1989.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kathy Hamilton, Coconut Grove, Fla., for Avendano.

Blas E. Padrino, Miami, Fla., for Holgin.

Michael G. Smith, Ft. Lauderdale, Fla., for Cueto-Gazabon.

Mario S. Cano, Coral Gables, Fla., for Garcia-Patron.

Dexter W. Lehtinen, U.S. Atty., William T. Shockley, Linda Collins Hertz, and Harriett R. Galvin, Asst. U.S. Attys., Miami, Fla., for plaintiff-appellee.

Fernando E. Heria, Hialeah, Fla. (court appointed), for Posada-Naves.

Jose R.E. Batista, Diaz & Batista, P.A., Hialeah, Fla. (court appointed), for Chaverra.

Yolanda Morales, P.A., Miami, Fla. (court appointed), for Cantillo-Obispo.

Ellen L. Leesfield, P.A., Coral Gables, Fla. (court appointed), for Dominguez.

Leon E. Tozo, Coconut Grove, Fla. (court appointed), for Suarez-De Armas.

Milton Hirsch, Miami, Fla. (court appointed), and Mark H. Hilde Brandt, P.A., Coral Gables, Fla., for Taylor-Walton.

Before TJOFLAT and EDMONDSON, Circuit Judges, and GIBSON, Senior Circuit Judge.

TJOFLAT, Circuit Judge:

In this appeal, the defendants below challenge their convictions under 46 U.S.C. app. § 1903(a), (g) & (j) (Supp. IV 1986) for possession of and conspiracy to possess on board a vessel subject to the jurisdiction of the United States more than one thousand kilograms of marijuana with intent to distribute. We affirm.

I.

On April 1, 1987, at approximately 8:00 p.m., the U.S.S. McCloy, a United States

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